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The Movement for Human Rights as Social Labor: A Study on the Labor Health Problems of the Refugee aid Activists

  • Journal of Human Rights Studies
  • Abbr : JHRS
  • 2019, 2(1), pp.71-108
  • DOI : 10.22976/JHRS.2019.2.1.71
  • Publisher : Korean Association of Human Rights Studies
  • Research Area : Social Science > Law > Law of Special Parts > Human Rights / International Human Rights Law
  • Received : May 2, 2019
  • Accepted : June 13, 2019
  • Published : June 30, 2019

Park Kyungjoo 1

1성공회대학교

ABSTRACT

Work is a dual project with amazing possibilities and dangers. Inother words, Work is a source of joy, pride, recognition and socialsolidarity that individuals need to establish their identity, and is alsoa threat to their lives and health through problems of labor safety,ranging from accidents to workaholics. This “duality” inherent inlabor can also apply to refugee aid activists, who are SocialActivist-Workers. In this article, I would like to look at thecorrelation between the characteristics of the labor process of sociallabor, considered relatively good labor, and the possibility of thelabor risk that activists, social workers, can face. Social workers arethose who reproduce society. That is why their crisis andunsustainability are likely to lead to the crisis and unsustainabilityof the lives of citizens and their society. And the crisis of thisclass is accompanied by the treatment problem of labor condition atthe center, but it has a personality that can never be returned to it. Therefore, by identifying, preventing and taking measures againstlabor health problems that Social Activist-Workers may face,building the sustainability of civil society movements based on their“good work” would be a very important task for a “good society”.

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